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No. 17,504. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAyTAUGUST 28, 1908-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS.
THE EVENING STAR
WITH SUSDAT MOBNIHG EDITION.
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CAUSES JM HAVOC
Flood in South Responsible
for Many Deaths.
LOSS TOTALS MILLIONS
Buildings and Bridge in Augusta,
Ga.. Collapse.
SITUATION AT FAYETTE VILLE
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Conditions Throughout Virginia and
the Carolinas Much Improved.
Lives Lost in New Mexico.
ATLANTA. Ga., August 2S.?A call for
assistance, a loss of a million and a half
of dollars in Augusta alone, and of a million
in other cities in South Carolina and
parts of Georgia, and fourteen lives lost,
summarizes the flood conditions in the
south today.
Reports of damage from points in South
and North Carolina are coming in slowly.
Bridges have been washed away in South
Carolina along the Southern railway and
until midnight last night it was impossible
to sf ure communication with any
point out of Atlanta.
In Augusta the principal suffering is
along deep gulleys known as Bridwell's
bottom and Perry's bottom. Here the
houses were covered to the eaves. The
water al damared foundations of business
blocks in the city and the total damage
in this vicinity will be a million and
a half dollars. It is not expected that
the loss of life will be increased. Most
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or i iiw Milieu u> me iiisii water were
caught tn their homes on the outskirts of
the city.
There are many unverified rumors of
others killed. In South Carolina the loss
of life will reach probably twenty. In
North Carolina possibly half a dozen
\\ bites and as many negroes have been
killed.
Dead in Georgia.
The list of dead in Georgia follows:
Harry Carr, white, jumped from burning
building, Nixon warehouse, Augusta;
leaves wife and two children.
Robert Belcher, jumped from Nixon
building.
Horace Wingard, jumped from Nixon
building.
Eleven negroes, seven found dead under
walls of Nixon warehouse.
Every mill in Augusta where loss of
life occurred has shut down and there
will be no manufacturing operations for
weeks. Five thousand persons have been
thrown out of employment in Augusta
and the list will be swelled to 23,000. The
mills in other Georgia cities an<^ in South
and North Carolina are considered.
At a late hour this afternoon the loss
of life mav be estimated at thirty uer
sons, most of them colored.
The financial loss in Augusta is $1,000,< 00.
the financial loss In other central
Georgia cities affected by the flood is
*1,000,000. and the loss in North and
South Carolina. $1,500,000. The total loss
of life is twenty-five.
Buildings in Augusta Collapse.
AUGUSTA, Ga.. August 28?At 10:30
o'clock this morning the Central Grammar
school had collapsed, the walls of
the National Biscuit Company's building
had fallen and the underpinning of the
Port Royal bridge had been washed
away. The bridge itself had not fallen.
The flood apparently has damaged the
foundations of a great many buildings in
the lower part of the city. A mass
meeting of citizens has been called for
this afternoon. No further loss of life
has been reported.
Situation in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILL.E, N. C.. August 28.This
city, with a population of 12.000 and
located on the Cape Fear river, is almost
entirely submerged because of the floods
last night and early today. Three thousand
persons are homeless in the city
and an appeal has been issued for relief.
Spartanburg Lacks Information.
SPARTANBURG. S. C.. August 28 ?
By reason of a crippled telephone system
throughout the country and the refusal
of local railroad officials to give
out information, Spartanburg is in the
dark as- to the extent of the flood havoc.
The only authentic information is as to
the- destruction of country bridges, their
value being estimated at $200,000. The
dam ar Pacolet mill No. 3. has been
washed away in part, and the dam at
Tucapau mill, eight miles south of the
city, ia destroyed. The destruction to
crops is beyond accurate estimate.
The tiood is subsiding in this section
and all streams are falling rapidly. The
city is still dependent upon a local auxiliary
plant for electric lights and power,
the Broad river plant at the electric
manufacturing and power company, twenty
miles north of here, being still out of
operation.
Improvement in Virginia.
NORFOLK. Va.. August 28. ? Flood
conditions throughout Virginia and the
Carolinas are today reported much improved
by the railroads, whose tracks
and bridges have suffered from the high
water and general storm conditions of
the past week. The Seaboard Air Line
railway reports that the water in the
flooded districts of North and South.
Carolina is rapidly passing off and that
repair forces are being put to work at
many points. Some new troubles, however.
have been discovered. The Norfolk
and Southern railway reports that
its flood troubles have passed, and the
Southern railway hopes to have its
trains running through from Norfolk to
Danvitle tonight.
The coast storm is passing, though
the wind at the Virginia capes was today
still thirty-six miles and hour, making
It dangerous for small shipping to
venture outside. a
Lives Lost in New Mexico.
Special Dispatch to The i-'tar.
EL I'ASO. Tex.. August 28.?The heaviest
flood in the history of Folsom. N.
Mex.. .swept away part of the town last
nigni. i ne noou came in me lorm or a
cloudburst at midnight and wrecked
many nouses on the mountain side and
in the gulches.
Eleven are known to be dead, including
R. B. Wenger. wife and daughter and
Miss l-uey Creighton, all in the same
house; T. YV. Wheeler, wife and children
and Mrs. Wheeler's sister in another
house, and Mrs. Rooke. It is believed
that many Mexican families also met
death. The bodies of Wheeler and his
wife were found this morning buried in
the sand.
Plans for New Battleships.
As soon as President Roosevelt approves
the plans for the two new battleships
of the Dreadnought type they
will be turned over to the naval constructor
at the Brooklyn navy yard,
where the Florida will be built. Advertisements
for bids will be issued for the
construction of the I'tah. the other
20 0001ton battleship, by contract.
ROBERTS GIVES CLUE
Baltimore Financier May Survive
Masked Man's Bullet.
STORY OF MRS. WILLIAMS
Offered Valuables, Thinking Assailant
Meant Robbery.
ONE SHOT BARELY MISSED HER
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Denies That Her Husband Was the
Man?No Mention of "Dinner
Party."
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., August 23.?
Though Charles B. Roberts, financier and
clubman, of Baltimore, Md.. victim of a
mysterious shooting on the boardwalk
Wednesday night, is still in a critical
condition at a local hospital, strong hope
is entertained by the physicians that he
will recover.
He was sufficiently revived from unconsciousness
to tell the police something
of the man who shot him. Acting
on the faint clue which is understood to
have been given them, they have been
working industriously to clear up the
mystery surrounding the shooting.
Mrs. W. S. G. Williams of Baltimore,
who was in the rolling chair with Roberts,
and the negro chair pusher were
subjected to a sharp cross-examination.
Their stories agree in the details.
Mrs. Williams' Story.
Mrs. Williams told the police that the
man who halted the chair came face to
face with them and was walking slowly.
Peering through the glass windows behind
which Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Williams
sat, the man laid his hand on the
chair and shoved one of the windows
aside, at the same time showing a revolver.
Thinking the man wanted money. Mrs.
Williams declares she offered 'him her
chatelaine bag. The stranger waved it
aside and ordered Roberts to "get out."
As Roberts got up Mrs. Williams says
she looked hard and saw -for the first
time that the man was masked.
He shot four or five bullets, one of
them taking effect in Roberts' side, another
penetrating the back of the rolling
chair and narrowly missing Mrs. Williams,
and the others going wild. Then,
declares Mrs. Williams, the man coolly
walked away In the direction of the "Inlet."
at the upper end of Atlantic City.
The negro chair pusher was too frightened
to act. He admits he ran away until
the man with the revolver was out
of sight. Ho then called Policeman
Rust, who assisted Mr. Roberts into the
rolling chair to await the arrival of an
ambulance. 1
Not Her Husband, She Says. <
Mrs. Williams made emphutic denial
when asked whether the man might have .
been her husband. She asserts that Mr..
Roberts has long been a family friend,
and that her husband knew him as such.
She says her husband had never exhibited
any signs of jealousy during all
the years she has known Mr. Roberts.
She added, too, that her husband knew
of the presence of Mr. Roberts in Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Williams was then asked whether
the man who did the shooting made the
reported declaration. "You will never
take my wife out to dinner again," as
he fired the shots. She denied this, as
did also the chair pusher.
Mrs. Williams was unable to say
whether the man tried to kill her also.
"The bullet came uncomfortably close,"
she said. "But if he wanted to kill me
it seems he could easily have done so."
She further declares she has not the
slightest suspicion as to the identity of
the assailant, as she did not think she had
an enemy in the world.
Mrs. Roberts, wife of the victim, arrived
here last night and has been at
his bedside at the hospital ever since. She
refused to talk of the occurrence.
The police scoff at the theory of highway
robbery and hint at sensational rev- i
elations upon the arrest of those whom
luey nave unuci auoyRiuu.
Bobbery Alleged Motive.
Johti M. Roberts, a brother of Charles 1
Roberts, and J. Olney Norris of Balti- I
more, to see whom Charles came here, '
today gave versions of the shooting.
They insisted there could be no explana- 1
tion other than attempted robbery. i
John M. Rc?berts said:
"The facts as given to the public are \
correct so far as the' motive of the attack
is concerned. It was plainly an attempted
hold-up and nothing more. There
is absolutely nothing to conceal and every 1
statement is frankly made.
"\ly brother came down here to see
Mr. Morris on business. Wednesday evening
he invited all the Baltimore anu Maryland
party here, including the gentlemen,
to dine with him at the Shellburne. The
gentlemen declined the invitation, but
several of the ladies accepted. They went
to the Shellburne alone.
It was later when my brother invited '
every one, to take a chair ride on the
Boardwalk. Only Mrs. Williams cared to
go. as they night was stormy and they .
were tired. So my brother and Mrs.
Williams called a chair and started, intending
to take only a short ride.
Alone by Accident.
"It was positively not an arrangement
of Charlie and Mrs. Williams to go out
alone. They were alone only by the
chance fact that the rest, who had been
to dinner with them, didn't care to take
the ride.
"Had they not been alone they would
never have been held up. for that was
the very circumstance that gave the
robber nerve to tackle them. Mrs. Williams
offered him her purse, but Charlie
refused to let her give it up."
Mr. Norris told substantially the same
story of the shooting as that related by
Mrs. Williams, which ne said he got
from the wounded mah. Mr. Norris
added that he talked also at the time
with Mrs. Williams, who told the same
story, and that he was present when
Chief of Police Whalen cross-examined
Jackson, the chairman, who corroborated
it in every detail as far as he
was able to remember in his fright.
Sensation in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. August 2X.?The attempt 1
on the life of Charles B. Roberts of this
city at Atlantic City has created-a tremendous
sensation in Baltimore society
and is the sole topic of conversation in
the circles in which he moved.
It was discussed from every possible
viewpoint by his friends and acquaintances
In trying to reason out a motive for
the attack. THe report that Mrs. W. S.
O. Williams, also of this city, was in
the rolling chair with Mr. Roberts when
the shooting occurred added interest to
the case.
For years the Roberts and Williams
families have been on intimate terms, the
heads of the two households being of approximately
the same age and moving
in the same circles of society. In view
of these relations it was pointed cut by
some of Mr. Roberts' friends that his
meeting Mrs. Williams and riding with
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her in the rolling chair was quite in
keeping with the friendly relations their
two families enjoyed.
The husband of Mrs. Williams returned
from a two-months' trip to Europe last
Monday. He would say but little concerning
the affair, stating that he was
a close personal friend of Roberts.
He expressed surprise when told that
the woman with Mr. Roberts was his
wife, saying she was in Boston the last
time lie heard from her. He said he sawMr.
Roberts last Tuesday night for the
first time since his return home and told
him how glad he was to see him again.
Mr. Roberts did not go to Atlantic City
until the next afternoon.
, Williams Presents Alibi.
Jpeoial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md., August IS.?W. S. G.
Williams, husband of the Baltimore worn,
in who was with C. B. Roberts, also of
Baltimore, who was mysteriously shot in
i wheel chatr on the Atlantic City boardwalk
Wednesday night, declined to comment
on the affair today. A statement
was issued from his law office by his
jartner, H. Cavendish Darrell, who knows
Roberts.
Mr. Darrell says:
"Vfr* Williomc ottiliArlvna rvt o a iccno
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this statement: 'That Mr. Williams reached
New "York on the Crown Princessen
decile Tuesday morning, and after going
to the Waldorf, mailed to his wife in Atlantic
City a note stating he Intended going
to Baltimore and would not meet her
in Atlantic City, as she had asked him to
Jo by wireless. He came to Baltimore
ind spent Tuesday afternoon and night
it the Maryland Club.'
"Wednesday morning I spoke to him
iver the phone and later spoke to Mrs.
Williams, who was in Atlantic City. 1
told her I had been talking to her husaand
in the morning. That afternoon Mr.
Williams went to his country place in
Long Green. I spoke to him later over
the phone on a matter of business.
Mrs. Williams Coming Home.
"I then irfformed him that Mrs. Williams
had told me to tell him that she intended
to return Saturday and would
bring the three children with ner. Yesterday
morning I again spoke to him.
"It will be the easiest thing in the world
to prove that Williams was in Baltimore
and Ixine Green on Wednesday and in
Long Green Thursday morning. So
that It is absolutely ridiculous that he
could have been in Atlantic City.
"He knows andv I know the rumors and
insinuations that have crept forth about
Roberts' unfortunate shooting- Mr. Williams
would have gone to Atlantic City
this morning save thai we received word
from Mrs. Williams th'at she intended returning
to Baltimore some time today.
She may arrive about tft.'ln, we are not
sure as to the time.
"Mr. Williams would also like to have
corrected the report that he stated last
night that he believed Mrs. Williams was
In Boston. He was nervous, excited, and
while he may have said that, still he
knew that Mrs. Williams was in Atlantic
City and not in Boston."
Chermont to Join Roberts.
CHICAGO, August 28.?Senhor Chermont.
secretary of the Brazilian embassy,
whose wife is a sister-in-law of Charles
B. Roberts, shot and seriously wounded
in a mysterious manner at Atlantic City
yesterday, left here today after attending
the sixty-eighth convocation of the University
of Chicago.
Senhor Chermont came to Chicago in
the company of his chief, Senhor Nabuco,
Brazilian ambassador, who delivered an
address at the exercises this afternoon.
Tiie ambassador had not intended to
leave Ctiicago until tomorrow. As Senhor
Chermont felt his presence might be ne d.
ed in the east on account of the condition
of Mr. Roberts, the ambassador concluded
to accompany him.
Senhor Chermont will stop at Atlantic
City. The ambassador will proceed to his
summer home at Hamilton, Mass.
TO TRY CAPT. F. A. COOK.
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Court-Martial Will Meet at Washington
Barracks September 8.
A court-martial has been ordered by the
President to meet at Washington barracks
September 8 for the trial of Capt.
Frank A. Cook of the subsistence department,
office of the commissary general.
in this city, charged with having
created a disturbance on a street car
two or three weeks ago. At the time of
the alleged misconduct on the part of
Capt. Cook it was said that he was
taken to the s.ation house and then to a
hospital, a watch on liis person stating
his name and rank in the army.
Col. Joseph W. Duncan of the general
staff Is president, and Capt. Pefer C.
Harris of the general staff is judge advocate
of the court. Capt. Cook was
graduated from the United States Military
Academy In July, Ib&o.
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ONLY TWO OF CREW SAVEO
51 DROWN WHEN BRITISH
STEAMER GOES DOWN.
Typhoon Struck Ship August 26 Off
Port of Goto?Survivors in
Deplorable Condition.
TOKIO, August 2H.?N^ws of the sinking
of the British steamer Dunearn and
the loss of all but two of the fifty-three
members of her crew in the typhoon
which raged August 26 off the port of
Goto, on the Island of Kiuhlu, has
reached here in a report received from
Moji,' a town on the same island.
The names of the survivors are given as
William Phillips, an engineer, and John
Landon. a seaman, both of whom were
picked up by the Japanese steamer Sakyo
Maru.
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J ne UUnecirii was uuuuu Xiuui a-%iaulaiesk,
Asiatic Russia, to Singapore, and
put in at tlie port of Karatsu for coal.
Again putting to sea August 24 the ship
ran into the very center of a typhoon,
which sent her to the bottom.
The two survivors are prostrated from
exposure and hardship, and a subscription
has been taken up for them among
the crew of the Sakyo.
The Dunearn was a steel screw steamer
of 2,220 tons, commanded by Capt. J.
Graham. Site sailed from Hamburg for
Xlkolaiesk May 27. and arrived at the
latter port August 21.
PRESIDENT'S BUSY DAY
SEES MANY NOTABLES AND
DOES SOME ENTERTAINING.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. August 28.?Today
at Sagamore Hill is one of the j
busiest President Roosevelt has had dur
ing his vacation. He Is entertaining a
dozen official visitors at luncheon and a
number of house guests, and will witness
a horse show on the lawn in front of his
house. Politics will come in for a good
share of his time, and army matters,
naval matters and state affairs will also
occupy his attention.
The President's guests are James S.
Sherman, republican candidate for Vice
President; Gen. James P. Bell, chief of
staff of the United States Army; Gen.
James B. Aleshlre. quartermaster general
of the army; Capt. Cameron McR. Winslow
of the navy. Wade Ellis of Ohio.
Representative William B. McKinley of
Illinois, chairman of the republican congressional
campaign committee; Representative
Loudenslager of New Jersey
and several others, including Col. John
M. Simpson of Dallas, Tex., who is seeking
the nomination of republican gubernatorial
candidate of Texas.
! KERMIT ROOSEVELT A HERO.
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Second Son of the President Stops
Runaway Horses.
OYSTER BAY. N. .Y.. August 28.?Kermit
Roosevelt, second son of the President,
stopped a runaway pair of horses
yesterday afternoon after a wild chase
on horseback a4ong the Shore road into
Bayville, and probably saved the lives of
Mrs. Frank Hilton of New Y'ork aud her
two small sons.
Kerm't seized the horses' reins while
the animals were galloping at full speed
and brought them to a standstill. Mrs.
Hilton und her two children were in the
carriage. They were unhurt. Mr. Hilton
was thrown out when the horses took
fright, but was not injured.
GEN. BELL AT OYSTEB BAY.
Will Go This Week to Kansas With
Secretary Wright.
Maj. Gen. Bell, chief of staff, has gone
to Oyster Bay. N. Y.. at the special re.guest
of the President, to discuss certain
important military matters requiring the
President's attention and in regard to
which he desires additional information.
Gen. Bell will return to This city tomorrow.
and with his aid. Capt. Davis, will
accompany Secretary Wright on his visit
to Forts Leavenworth and Riley. Kan.
Secretary Wright will return to this city
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next Friday, but Gen. and Mrs. Bell will
continue west to the Yellowstone Park,
and probably will not return before October
1. They will be accompanied to the
Yellowstone by Col. Charles G. Treat and
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth.
BEECH HABGIS' CASE.
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Motion for a Change of Venue Now
Engages the Court.
JACKSON, Ky., August 28.?Late yesterday
the motion for a change of venue
in the trial of Beech Hargis, who is being
tried here for the murder of hie
father. Judge Hargis, was taken up before
Judge Adams.
It appears from the number of witnesses
that have been summoned that
the trial of this motion foi a change ol
venue will last several days.
FIGHT AT KENTUCKY PICNIC.
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One Man Cut to Death, Another Fatally
Stabbed and Others Badly Hurt
GRAVEYARD, Greenup county, Ky.,
August 28.?John Zornes was cut to
death, James Schaeffer fatally stahbec
and several others badly hurt In a general
fight at a basket meeting on Big
White Oak creek. Schaeffer had beer
arrested for disorderly conduct.
Several friends, Zornes* among them
tried to take him from the officer. A
general fight followed. Zornes being cul
several times and Schaeffer being2stabbed
a dozen times.
POPE INSPECTS COURT.
Thousands of Athletes to Attend'
Competitions at Rome.
ROME, August 2S.?The pope at an early
hour, this morning visited the Belvedere
court, the largest In the Vatican,
where the international athletic competition
to take place here in September in
honor of the papal jubilee will be held.
Workmen are engaged in clearing and
leveling the court and erecting grandstands
for the spectators. A tribune foi
the pope is being built in the center at
one side.
Thousands of athletes from all over the
world are expected to compete in the various
events and a number of athletic
societies have contributed prizes. The
Catholic. Athletic League of New York
has sent a solid silver cup.
GLAD TO GET TOGETHER.
Artist Earle and His Affinity Wife
Reunited?Calmness Prevails.
MONROE. N. Y.. August 28.?Artist
Ferdinand P. Earle and his wife are
again united. Earle was released on
$1,000 bail from Goshen Jail yesterday,
where he had been on the charge of beating
his wife, whom he formerly described
as his affinity.
Earle managed to elude the pursuit of
reporters last night after his release and
came here.
His wife, with whom he is charged
with having beaten and choked while she
was still ill after the birth of their child,
returned from New York and seemed
glad to get back. In her arms she carried
the baby, now three weeks old.
Lawyers on both sides intimate that
the charges against the artist will be
dropped. Earle is said to have been noticeably
subdued by his Jail experience.
THAW'S WIFE NEEDS BEST.
Friends Say She Suffers From Worry
and Is Not a Wreck.
NEW YORK, August 2M.?Friends oi
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, who has been suffering
from worry over her husband's
case and the loss of her income consequent
to the bankruDtcv Droceedinas.
said today that her condition is not serious.
They denied that she is a nervous
wreck, as had been reported and declared
a period of rest is all she needs to bring
her back to complete health.
TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.
Feature of Italian Naval Officer's Address
at Seattle Banquet.
SEATTLE. Wash., August 28.?In a
speech at a banquet here last night Capt
Cusani of the Italian cruiser Puglia said
that had President Roosevelt been a few
generations ahead of hVs time there would
be a United North America.
He paid a glowing tribute to the American
people generally, but said that the
President of the United States had made
himself felt all over the world, and that
he would be revered in years to come fai
more than at present.
HIS BROTHERS HELD
Three Witnesses Describe Actual
Killing of Annis.
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NO TESTIMONY IN DEFENSE
C. A. Curtis of Washington Declares
Victim Boasted of Conquest.
OFFERS TO AID ACCUSED MEN
Writes Oen. Hains He Is Willing to
Tell His Story Before a
Jury.NEW
YORK. August 28.?Capt. P. C.
Hains, jr., and his brother, T. Jenkins
Hains. were held without bail for the
action of a grand jury today on a charge
of the murder of William E. Annis.
They were arraigned in a magistrate's
court in Ix?ng Island City today. T.. Jenkins
Hains is accused of being an accessory
to the murder, while the captain is
alleged to be the principal.
The announced Intention of Capt. Hains'
counsel to plead insanity as his defense,
together with sensational charges which
Caprt. Hains* counsel have made against
the captain's wife, involving an alleged
confession by her of improper relationships
with Annis. has given the case unusual
interest.
It was not expected that all the peculiar
branches of the case would be disclosed
at the hearing before the magistrate today.
It was expected, however, that the
counsel for T. Jenkins Hains would endeavor
to have the charges against him
dismissed, on the ground that he took no
actual part in the killing and that all he
uiu v\?ia iu piuieci uia uruiuei .
\ Shows Effects of Confinement.
The Hains brothers were taken from
the Queens county jail, handcuffed together,
and rode on a street car in the
custody of a deputy sheriff to Magistrate
Gilroy's court. Capt. Hains, who when
he last appeared in court wore the uniform
of his army rank, today was clad
in citizen's clothes. His pallor and unshaven
appearance indicated the effects
of his confinement in jail.
His brother showed no effects of his
[ imprisonment.
Three witnesses testified for the prosecution.
Patrolman Charles W. Baker, who arrested
the brothers after the shooting,
i said that when he arrived on the yacht
club float Annis was lying there wounded.
Charles H. Roberts, a member of the
Bayside Yacht Club, testified that he
witnessed the shooting and helped Annis
i from the water, which was crimson with
. his blood. Annis. the witness testified,
said to Capt. Hains:
"You have made a horrible mistake."
Stopped by a Revolver.
The witness stated that he attempted to
interefer at the sound of the first shot,
but that T. Jenkins Hains thrust a revolver
into his face and shouted:
"Keep back or I'll kill you."
Afterward he said T. Jenkins Hains
k asked the witness:
"What could I do? He was my brother.
; I have been trying to persuade him from
doing this for some time."
At this point Capt. Hains interrupted
' his brother, saying:
I "Keep still, this is my affair."
Dr. Frey. the coroner's physician, de,
scribed Annis' wounds, of which he said
there were twenty, four of which would
1 have been fatal.
No testimony was given in defense.
Washington Man offers Aid.
The name of the hitherto mysterious
1 witness who had represented himself to
the lawyers of the defense as ready to
testify to having heard William E. Annis
boast of his conquest of Mrs. Peter C.
1 nains, wite 01 (. api. nains, was ipvcui
last night after a conference between
Gen. Hains and the lawyers retained to
defend his two sons, Capl. Peter Conover
Hains, jr.. and Thornton Jenkins llains,
now awaiting trial on a charge of mur>
dering Annis 011 August l.'i.
He is C. A. Curtis of 21 Bank street,
t Princeton, N. J., and also said to live at
307 B street northeast. Washington. D. C.
| The general made public the following
1 letter written by Curtis on August 1H
from Princeton:
"Allow me to offer to you and to your
family my deepest sympathy in all your
trouble and to offer any assistance in my
power. Apropos of this letter 1 beg to
say that I have heard Mr. Annis making
boasts as to bis relations with your son's
i wife on two occasions in clubs in New
York, and once on a yacht near New
York"Kindly
keep all I have written from
all except your attorneys and family, as I
dislike notoriety. If, however, it becomes
necessary, I will, of course, testify to all
the Dertinent facts in your son's defense.
I hope, however, that this will not be
necessary."
Maid to Take Stand.
The general alro made public the fact
that the two colored maids whom Mrs.
. Ha ins had had in her employ during her
[ tvui-hend's absence in Ihe Philippines
would be called as witnesses for the defense.
The correspondence between Gen. Hains
*nd Mr. Curtis culminated in an interview
at the Hotel Martinique at which Mr.
Curtis Identified himself as a lawyer and
former officer of volunteers, descended
from a military family.
Mr. Curtis claimed that his mother was
a daughter 01 Gen. Rodman, form ;rty
chief of ordnance of the United States
I army and inventor of the Rodman rifle.
JOBS FOB SIXTEEN.
* Philippine
Government Sends for
That Many Veterinarians.
The War Department today received
from Manila a requisition for sixteen vet'
] erinarian surgeons for duty In the Philippines.
The Philippine government lias
i recently been making extraordinary ef.
forts to stamp out diseases of the horse
and of the cariliou in the islands, and has
from time to time added to the number
of veterinarians tliere. but at no time.
i previously lias such a large number of
1 veterinarians been added to the service
; at one time.
Tim Phtllnnlne assembly* recently voted
a large sum for that purpose. The civil
service commission has certified a list of
names for these places so that prompt
i response will be made to the requisition.
The list is headed by the following, who
will be notified today of their selection for
appointment:
l Winson O. Trone, Columbus. Ohio;
Walter Gould Morehouse. Ithaca. N. Y.$
Warren Sorrell. Kansas City, Mo.; Lyman
B. Dunlap. by transfer; Burtrand J. Eno,
' Columbus. Ohio; John L. Gross. Chicago;
I John S. Barbee, Kansas City, Mo.; Walter
A. Korb. Hoxie, Kan.; Charles B.
Breninger. Chicago; Harry W. Kline. Columbus.
Ohio; Caul II. Burnett. Denver.
' Col.; Stephen O'Toole, Columbus. Ohio;
> Clarence B. Buctier. Chicago; Lewis E.
: Epple, Columbus. Ohio; J. Goldbrown. Co
lumbus. Ohio; Otto E. Young, liigginavillc.
Ala.
I
Weather.
Fair tonight. Saturday fair,
warmer; light northeast to east
winds.
WANT CHANGE OF DIET
Plain People Not Yelling for
Roosevelt Policies.
APATHY IN BOTH PARTIES
N. 0. M. Tells of Conditions on the
Firing Line.
MACK AND CONKERS CLUTCH
They Hate Each Other Like Poison,
But Now When They Meet
They Kiss and Cry. {
Speefal From a Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK. Auguat 28.?From reports
which come to national political headquar
ters from every section of the country It
is painfully evident to the managers that
the people at large are not giving that
deep and burning concern to politics
which, in the opinion of the managers, is
desirable at this stage of the game. In
fact, there is said to be a deplorable disposition
on the part of the dear public
and the plain people to let the politicians
and politics go plum to thunder?for the
present, at least.
This feeling prevails without respect to
political creeds. It is found among democrats
as well as republicans. One exception
to the prevailing condition is in the
case of the labor men, who a;e said to
sitting up and taking notice.
Shy on Enthusiasm.
The managers realize this state of
apathy as being partially the result of
the way in which the campaign has been
framed. Many democrats feel that their
candidate has been forced upon them
by circumstances and are without enthusiasm.
There is a similar lack of
emotional insanity on the part of many
republicans, who complain that their
candidate was handed to them by one
higber up, and that while he is in every
way acceptable as a man and citlsen, his
candidacy becomes rather a cut and
dried affair, calculated to abate enthusiasm.
Another explanation of the apathetic
attitude of one class?the business and
commercial people?is said to be found
in the fart that thrnuchntit the rountrv
these folk are more Intent upon reviving
business than anything else. Crops are
beginning to move, buyers are coming
out, and men are devoting their attention
to trying to recover from the effects
of the political agitation of the past two
or three years, to which a great many,
whether justly or not, attach the blame
for the late industrial depression.
Back to Simple Diet.
Some of the republican scouts of the
low-browed, close-to-tbe-people variety
report that in these circles there
is not that greedy, avid desire for
pledges of continuance of the Roosevelt
policies which the heads of the party
might expect. On the contrary, a notable
degree of satiety is found regarding
that character of pabulum, with a
craving for a change of diet. The
classes ungrateful enough to feel this
way are looking forward to some
promises of conservative action for the
future.
Of course, this is rather a cold-blooded
way to discuss the situation, but in
point of fact this is the cold-blooded
stage of conditions.
It therefore becomes the duty of the
managers to put some ginger into the
campaign and to try to fan the slumbering
embers of political feeling into a
flame of ardor. It is noted that Mr.
Bryan apparently has taken cognisance
of the state of the country and has
gone afield, to use his familiar arts of
oratory on the masses.
"He has beaten the republicans to it,"
is the way one democrat expressed it
today. "While Mr. Taft is enveloping
himself in a mantle of lie-nltv nn,!
front-porch exclusiveness Mr. Bryan is
K<>ing to visit the plain people on their
own front porch, figuratively speaking,
and jog them into taking notice of the
fact that a presidential campaign is
on."
Taft May Have to Talk.
Murmurs of dissatisfaction are coming
in from republicans in the west against
tiie Taft impersonal political policy, and
it is prophesied that there will soon be a
change in the Taft program and that not
only tbe candidate himself, but perhaps
his foster father, the .President, will have
to get out into the tield.
Some discouraging reports are coming
into the republicans from the west. It is
about time for a Bryan scare, however,
the republicans say. and one or two cold
chills may be expected before election
day.
"Bryan always carries the country?in
August." they say. But just the same,
they are perking up right smartly at republican
headquarters, and aa their organization
is at least three weeks ahead
of the opposition, they expect to begin ta
get practical results pretty soon.
The democrats at e In high feather. The
rooster, the democratic election emblem,
is typical of their attitude, only it ought
to be a bantam. They are as cocky and
active as a lighting cock with a new set
of steel gaffs. Three more rooms were
added to headquarters today and the incoming
mail is growing heavier. "Now is
the time to subscribe," is the watchword.
The congressional campaign appears to
be lagging in both camps. The democrats
seem to be depending more upon the national
ticket to pull them through. As
..nmiKli/toiie thnrn la oIabap
lUr llir 1 rjJUuiiv aiin, i ??x- v- x >vwi ? ...
ation thli year between the national and
congressional organizations, with the result
that the congressional fight is being
made secondary. That condition will be
changed before long, however.
Mack Boosts Gompers.
Chairman Norman E. Mack of the democratic
national committee is wonderfully
elated over the assistance promised by
Samuel Gompers of the Federation of
lvabor. In a talk with me this morning
Mr. Mack said:
"I found that Mr. Gompers has a wonderful
organization, lie is in touch with
three million laboring men. His organization
has been going on for thirty
years, and we are to benefit by it. Mr.
Gompers is very much in earnest; he is
a practical man and a man of ability, ,
and his organization ought to have farreaching
influence with the labor vote."
State Chairman Conners came in while
I was talking with Mr. Mack. There was
a meeting for you. when Greek met
Greek. You know they are factional
enemies, these two, up in Erie county,
and *ch hates the other. But this
n>nrnit.r? f Kotf /aII nnnn Aflch Othpr'a
neckn as long-lost brothers. They are
working together for Mr. Bryan, and the
personal hatchet is buried for the time
being. That is a sample of the way it
in going all through the democratic
ranks.
Chairman Conner* said that. In his
opinion, Lieut. Gov. Chanler la In the
lead for the democratic nomination for
Governor of New York. Mr. Connere
proposes to stake his own political repw
f